@AnnCrystal on Litsy

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TheBookHippie It‘s unconscionable … pure evil. 7h

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JenlovesJT47 It‘s sickening. I‘ll never understand people 🫂♥️♥️♥️ 5h

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There is talk about there being nationwide protest during Labor Day weekend.

If you're going out to join the protests, please be careful. Please keep in consideration that Federal Agents are armed and Little t has now armed the National Gaurds as of this week.

Little t and his minions are playing monopoly with America and Americans.

We the People must play this reality like a game piece on a chess board if we are going to win.

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AnnCrystal
Be safe Littens, have patience, be vigilant. We must be careful for traps. Put on your best poker face, which will outrage our opponents.

And be watchful for terrorists.

Also, try to keep at least a two-week stock on necessities for you and your fur/feather/scaly babies.

✊🏼😎🐻🦅✌🏼🤍✌🏼.

Please excuse my choice of image for this post...but nothing else fit what is happening to Americans.

🤗🥺🤔🇺🇸✊🏼🤬🇺🇸.
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#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA 1d

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Beatrix Potter Treasury | Beatrix Potter

Thank You @catsandbooks for #ShowAndTellTuesday ☺️👍🏼🎨💝.

Made this from recycled and upcycled materials.

This is a pricetag from a Peter Rabbit plush. The front has a splendid image of Peter Rabbit, but the back had the product information and the barcode box.

This is made from a material that allowed me to sand off the wording and barcode.

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AnnCrystal I then doodled in a planter box, and wrote in a few words:

“Library“

“Beatrix Potter“

And a Peter Rabbit qoute, “Even the smallest ones can change the world!“

I had some extra yarn left over from my mom's shoulder shawl, which I attached and braided.

☺️✍️🐇🔖💖.

#LitsyCrafters

#BeatrixPotter

#PeterRabbit

#craftbyanncrystal
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Thank You @lil1inblue 🥰👍🏼🔖🐇💝. (edited) 2d

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Jari-chan Absolutely love it! ❣️❣️ 2d

AnnCrystal Thank You @Jari-chan 🥳👍🏼🔖🐇💝. 2d

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Catsandbooks So cute! 🌟 8h

AnnCrystal Thank You @Catsandbooks 🌞👍🏼🔖🐇💝. 7h

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There has been some debates today about Our Nation's Flag.

I was raised by my mom that I should always respect Our American Flag and Our Land or I am only disrespecting myself.

But now there is a threat coming from Little t aimed at anyone burning or disrespecting Our Flag

Please share this posts with any protesting friends. This is serious! We cannot give these people a single reason to send out the National Guard across the America.

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AnnCrystal We're apparently dealing with hunters who like to taunt those they prey upon. We must not fall for their traps. We must not give the oppressors a reason to attack!

Instead save the American flag as we struggle to save Democracy! Fly her with true American patriotism as we walk into the future, and work to form a Country we can truly be proud about.

✊🏼💙🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸💙✌🏼.

#californiananncrystal

#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA (edited) 3d

dabbe From Michael Douglas as THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT: “You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the “land of the free.“

Keep fighting the fight; democracy is worth it. 💙✊🏻💙 2d

AnnCrystal ✊🏼😎✌🏼 @dabbe Democracy is Totally Worth Fighting The Fight.

There are going to be Nation wide protests this weekend. My county and state is already prepared. Be careful. I'm assuming you and your husband are staying home because of your surgery, but maybe send the hubby to stock up on necessities beforehand??

💙✊🏼🦅✌🏼💙. (edited) 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal Good to know. Thanks for keeping us informed. 🩶🤍🖤 2d

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Since the raidings began because of Little t's ignorance, my mom is “not allowed“ to go grocery shopping alone... she's a little warrior who is ready to fight back and defend her American rights, which means she would likely get herself into trouble if she ventures out and about alone ✊🏼😂.

I wanted to give a warning to be careful while going out shopping.

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AnnCrystal As I've posted about, we are facing prejudice from store customers. From “if looks could kill“ to “utter rudeness.“

About two weeks ago, I parked the grocery cart against a shelf near the end of an aisle. I moved around the basket and stood leaning against the front of the shopping cart while I waited on my mom as she made some food selections.

All of a sudden, my cart was slammed against my lower back, I even bowed backwards a bit.

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AnnCrystal I spun around and the guy mumbled as if it were my fault that he ran into my cart.

It took four days to heal. I waited a few days before I mentioned this to my mom, she wasn't happy that I hadn't told her sooner. I'm just glad it was me and not my mother that this happened to. My mom did tell me to yell out loudly the next time, “ouch, what's your problem!“ to embarrass the person.

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AnnCrystal These people seem to be trying to cause a ruckus, possibly trying to get people upset so they can have an excuse to call the cops.

Just try to stay calm and avoid such people...unless they try to drag you off someplace or become violent, then you need to yell for help and fight back!

There are still too many ghost grocery carts abandoned in the aisles. Try to venture out in pairs.

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AnnCrystal Also remember, there are store cameras everywhere, and those cameras are your witness.
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AnnCrystal #californiananncrystal

#unrelated2books

#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA (edited) 3d

CBee Oh Ann 😢😢😢 I‘m so sorry and so horrified that this happened. 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @CBee We all have to stay vigilant. Americans are in danger ✊🏼🫂✌🏼💝. 3d

AmyG Saying a prayer for you and Mom that you both continue to be safe. These times are truly horrific. 3d

JenlovesJT47 I‘m sorry you‘ve had to go through this. 🫂♥️♥️♥️ 3d

Deblovestoread This makes me so sad and so angry. I‘m sorry you were injured and that litte t‘s supporters are such sh*ts. 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @AmyG May you and yours be safe while out and about too 🙏🏼🫂✊🏼💝. 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘@JenlovesJT47 I'm just truly thankful that this wasn't my mom. We've been knocked against, but this was something more violent ✊🏼🫂✌🏼💝. 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @Deblovestoread It's sad to see what Little t and his minions are doing to our America ✊🏼🫂✊🏼💝 3d

JenlovesJT47 I know what you mean, I‘m super protective of my mom. She‘s disabled after a car accident 30 years ago. Somebody hurts my mom they‘re gonna have to deal with me! ♥️ 3d

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 that's terrible 🙏🏼🫂. I'm glad she survived the accident 💝💝💝.

These people haven't dealt with daughters protecting their mothers! ✊🏼🤨👌🏼💝. 3d

TheBookHippie Ugh I‘m so so sorry. 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @TheBookHippie you've mentioned that your daughter had a problem when at Walmart, please share this caution post with her too ✊🏼🫂👌🏼💝. 3d

Bookwormjillk I‘m so sorry 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘@Bookwormjillk thankfully, it only took four days to heal ✊🏼🫂✌🏼💝. 3d

TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal she‘s been shopping at the Asian Market and Mexican Grocery with her friends and had zero issues so far. I told her about this this morning … she says that‘s why they go in groups. What a world. 3d

Suet624 I'm so so so sorry. What a nightmare we live in right now. I hope you and your mom stay safe. 3d

lil1inblue Stay safe! I'm so sorry. 💓🫂 💓 3d

dabbe i can't even believe that you had to post these here. On our country. So sorry. 💙✊🏻💙 3d

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie that is really good that she teams with a group. An absolute safer option. If raids there, tell her to be cautious. The barbarians seem to target areas where “Targeted People“ can be swept up in one clean sweep. ✊🏼😎💙. 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @Suet624 we try to stay close to home unless we can't help it. We are trying to avoid having to “defend“ ourselves from the federal barbarians. Be safe out there too ✊🏼🫂✌🏼💙. 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @lil1inblue we must all be more vigilant in this crazy world...just too sad ✊🏼🫂👌🏼💙. 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @dabbe the levels of hatred is unreal. Be safe ✊🏼🫂✌🏼💙. 3d

TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal Unfortunately or fortunately ICE raids have been common here for decades. Horrific last regime and this one more so than usual but it‘s still something we are use to. Ugh. 3d

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie True, even here. But it's during these harsher times that more Americans get swept up too...and beaten...and seemingly vanished ✊🏼🥺✌🏼💙. 2d

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✊🏼🦅🌟♥️🤍💙.
Just saying.

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AnnCrystal #quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA

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To Shape a Dragon's Breath | Moniquill Blackgoose

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I wish this kind of read was available when I was a teenager!

As a book about a girl and her dragon, this book was splendid fun. As a book about an indigenous island girl and her endangered species dragon, this is the kind of book I've been waiting for...as an indigenous reader, this fantasy is a treasure 📚🐉💖.

I prefer books without battles, but some may find this a bit slow paced.

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AnnCrystal This was like a journey log from the MC's POV, with plenty of drama mixed into the storyline.

I was trying to keep away from books that capture some of the darkness that is now our crazy, chaotic reality.

If this book would have been available before these dark times, I wouldn't have been as disturbed by the unjust society that Anequs and her dragon Kasaqua must journey through.

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AnnCrystal Reading this now, during these dark times that we're all experiencing, I found this to be an unsettling read.

Unsettling, yet beautiful.

This world was well developed and incredibly detailed. All the characters were crafted with care and respect.

I would have liked more time on the island and learning more about the traditions there. Perhaps in the second book.

The MC Anequs held the resilience and dignity from real life Native Nations.

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AnnCrystal I've read books with lesbian or gay characters. This is the first with a bisexual character (Anequs). I liked how this gave a unique chance with two possible love interests for Anequs...although, I don't believe I cared for the polyamorous. At this point, I'm not sure who I like better for Anequs. I like both Liberty and Theod...but I'd prefer for Anequs to truly fall for one or the other, not both at the same time (that's just me).

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AnnCrystal The magic system was just beginning to be truly explored at the end of the book, so I'm hoping the next book shows more.

I am also hoping that we readers get to travel to the unconquered lands, meet the tribal people there, and learn more about the indigenous methods of working with Dragons.

This storyline is incredible.

There are 511 pages divided into 87 unmarked chapters.

#nampeshiweisitreviewedbyanncrystal

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AnnCrystal
@Chrissyreadit
#antifabookclub
#overcomingevilempires

@Amiable:
#ChunksterChallenge!
#ChunksterChallenge2025

@julieclair #AllergicToChunksters

#SeriesLove2025
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Amiable Excellent! 🎉🥳 5d

AnnCrystal Thank You @Amiable 🥳📚🐉💖. 5d

Chrissyreadit Wow! Stacking!! We need these books in hard times to remind us we will persevere ❤️ 5d

AnnCrystal Well said @Chrissyreadit 👏🏼🥳🐉📚💖...it became difficult at times, yet I liked that Moniquill Blackgoose kept this clean 😉👍🏼🐉📚💝. 5d

BookmarkTavern The sequel is coming out next year! 4d

AnnCrystal @BookmarkTavern 👏🏼🥳👌🏼 Fantastic! I hope this is long going series 📚🐉💖. 4d

julieclair Excellent, thoughtful review. 👍 3d

AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair 🥳👌🏼📚🐉💖. 3d

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We are the Hope! United, we are the Remedy ✊🏼🫂🌟❤️🤍💙🦅.

Thank You @dabbe 🐝 for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@bellabella 🐝
@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@The_Book_Ninja!
@CBee 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@ImperfectCJ 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝
@Jari-chan 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@julieclair 🐝
@kelli7990 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@Mimi28 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Susanita 🐝
@vivastory 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

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AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 ✊🏼😘❤️🤍💙🦅🌟. 5d

lil1inblue Just beautiful! 💓 4d

AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue ✊🏼😘❤️🤍💙🦅🌟. 4d

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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖

1- Loving #ShowAndTellTuesday, not only the posting of my own work, but also viewing projects from other Littens 🤩👍🏼💝. Thank You @catsandbooks for creating this! Art and craft is always very important to encourage 🎨💝.

2- Garden Magic 🌱💝.

5- The Magic of Reading 🪄📚💝.

4- Litsy & HaikuHive 📚🐝💝.

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AnnCrystal
2- A group of American Californians are standing United...

“A group of U.S. citizens and a legal permanent resident filed a federal claim against ICE in August 2025 over unlawful arrests and detentions during recent raids in Southern California. The lawsuit alleges racial profiling and civil rights violations by federal agents.“ - sourced from local News reporting.

Hopefully more join ✊🏼🐻🦅💙.

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AnnCrystal @dabbe 😘💕💝. 6d

Catsandbooks Glad you're enjoying it! ❤️ 4d

AnnCrystal @Catsandbooks Wonderful Fun 👏🏼☺️👍🏼🎨💝. 4d

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Thank You @catsandbooks for #ShowAndTellTuesday 🥳🎨💝.

I'm no expert. I just freehand without a pattern. Crochet this shoulder shawl as a Christmas gift for my Mom. I used two colors of cotton yarn and two crochet hook sizes ☺️💝.

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AnnCrystal Started now with making more gifts that are handmade since I am refusing to support the 1% with these high tariff prices. Also there are stores I don't even feel safe going shopping at because of the barbarian agents...my mom and I are even being harassed by prejudice customers everytime we venture out and about.

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AnnCrystal
The good thing is that I'm a crafter, therefore I'm stocked and this means no shopping needed.

Homemade With Love by a Native American ✊🏼😉🧶💝.

#LitsyCrafters

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Susanita The shawl is beautiful. I‘m sorry you have to deal with harassment like that. 1w

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TheBookHippie I‘m so sorry. This shaw is beautiful. 1w

AnnCrystal 🫂 Thank You @Susanita ✊🏼🦅👍🏼 gift crafting is resistance 🧶💝. (edited) 1w

AnnCrystal 🫂 Thank You @TheBookHippie crocheting resistance ✊🏼🦅👌🏼🧶💝. 1w

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 1w

AnnCrystal 🫂 @lil1inblue ✊🏼🦅🧶💖. 1w

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AnnCrystal 🫂 @dabbe ✊🏼🦅🧶💖. 1w

mariaku21 This is beautiful! 5d

AnnCrystal 🫂 Thank You @mariaku21 ✊🏼🦅✌🏼🧶💖. 5d

Catsandbooks I'm so sorry you're being treated that way. These people are evil. Please stay safe! ❤️ Your shawl is beautiful though! 🌟 4d

AnnCrystal 🫂 Thank You @Catsandbooks We travel in pairs and stay together while out and about...crazy but safer 😘👍🏼✊🏼🦅🧶💖. 4d

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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖

1- @dabbe challenged me to write a Batman Haiku this week, and it was grand fun 🪄✍️🦇💖. Then today, talking chocolate with @dabbe compelled me to bake chocolate chip cookies, dangerous deliciousness 🍫😋💝. Thanks @dabbe for a week of inspiration 😉👍🏼💝.

2- Batman 📜🦇🔖💖.

3- Chocolate chip Cookies 🍫😋🍪.

4- Garden Magic 🌱💝.

5- Litsy, HaikuHive, & #ShowAndTellTuesday 📚🐝🎨💝.

TheBookHippie Love!!! 2w

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 😉👍🏼💝💝💝. 2w

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Since we will not shop at Walmart, and do not feel safe shopping at Vons, we have rediscovered Walgreens.

No DVDs, yet Walgreens still stock books!

When I purchased these, the cashier was excited that a customer was buying books. She said the last selection had to be returned to the supplier because no one seems to buy books anymore!

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AnnCrystal Told her about Litsy, and that I would spread the news about books still being available at some Walgreens locations.

Check your local Walgreens and ask if they are able to bring in books.

📚😉👍🏼💝.

#californiananncrystal

#reviewedbyanncrystal

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“California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault right before our eyes, this moment we have feared has arrived.“ - Gavin Newsom, Governor of California

💙✊🏼🐻🌊✊🏼🦅💙.

AnnCrystal
#californiananncrystal

#HighlightsfromCalifornia

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TheBookHippie I AM loving him ! 2w

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie Love to hear Governor Newsom speak, always powerful and inspiring ✊🏼🐻💙💙💙. (edited) 2w

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AmyG Newsom has been great. 2w

AnnCrystal @AmyG True ✊🏼🐻💙💙💙. 2w

Jari-chan ✊✊✊ 2w

dabbe 💙✊🏻💙 2w

AnnCrystal @Jari-chan ✊🏼🐻💙💙💙. 2w

AnnCrystal @dabbe ✊🏼🐻💙💙💙. 2w

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There are so many stories that I want to share from California. These are the some of the ones that made me cringe the most.

This post in no way covers all the the stories happening in Los Angeles County NOR across California.

Please do further research to fact-check or if you would like to know more or want updates on the people highlighted here.

Please Note: I didn't include updates.

🙏🏼✊🏼🐻✌🏼.

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AnnCrystal A 15 year old American was sitting in a car with his grandmother, waiting outside a school where a family member was inside registering.

Barbarian agents surrounded the car and kidnapped the young teenager at gunpoint. He was later released to his family, who received an explanation that it was a case of mistaken identity.

Los Angeles CA officials are now working to protect our children from the federal government during school hours.

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AnnCrystal First amendment rights was violated when an American activist, Union del Barrio member Amanda Trebach was targeted and violently kidnapped by masked kidnappers.

These barbarians claimed Trebach blocked and hit agents vehicles. Fellow Union del Barrio member claim that these allegations are false.

Trebach was later released without any of the alleged charges.

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AnnCrystal In July, Lakewood City, CA Councilmember and American Born David Arellano claimed that he was racially profiled when U.S. Customs and Border Protection so-called agents jumped into his boat and demanded to see his identification papers.

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AnnCrystal Today, Governor of California held an emergency News Conference in Los Angeles, CA. The LA Mayor, Karen Bass and several California U.S. Council Members and House Representatives attended.

Right outside this News Conference, so-called agents just happened to hold a raid. At least two people have been reported kidnapped.

#californiananncrystal

#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA

These stories have been sourced from local News. 2w

Amiable Thank you for continuing to bear witness! 2w

AnnCrystal 👍🏼😘 @Amiable ✊🏼🐻💙💙💙. 2w

dabbe 😤😖🤬 Thanks for keeping us informed. 💙✊🏻💙 2w

AnnCrystal 👍🏼🫂 @dabbe ✊🏼🐻💙💙💙. 2w

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Batman Begins | Dennis O'Neill

Thank You @catsandbooks for #ShowAndTellTuesday and for the tag 🥳🎨💝.

Made this tonight, from upcycled materials.

Saved the foil seal from baking powder and transformed it into a Batman bookmark 🦇🔖📚 by cutting out design, using double-sided tape to attach to a drawing I doodled, and attaching a string that I had saved from a previous project.

These make good ornaments. Just be sure to be cautious in case the foil is sharp.

☺️🎨🦇💝.

AnnCrystal

#LitsyCrafters

#zeal4batman

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Jari-chan Wow!! 🤩😍 2w

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 2w

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Thanks @Jari-chan 😉👍🏼🦇🔖🦇💖. 2w

AnnCrystal @lil1inblue ☺️👍🏼🦇🔖🦇💖. 2w

AnnCrystal @dabbe 😎👍🏼🦇🔖🦇💖. 2w

TheBookHippie Love. 1w

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 🥰👍🏼🔖🦇🔖💖. 1w

Catsandbooks Great way to recycle! 🌟 4d

AnnCrystal Thank You @Catsandbooks 😘👌🏼🔖🦇🔖. 4d

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Batman Begins | Dennis O'Neill

I combined Batman with one of my favorite sayings:

“Hope Is Like A Seed, & A Seed Must First Be Planted In Darkness“ -Unknown

To create my Haiku:

A Darkness Swept World
A Rage Born From Injustice
Yet Hope Is A Seed

🌱🌜🦇🌛🌻.
#zeal4batman

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JenlovesJT47 Ooh this is really good ♥️♥️♥️ 2w

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AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 😉👍🏼🦇🌱🐝💖. 2w

Jari-chan 💖💖💖 2w

julieclair Love the haiku, and the saying! 2w

lil1inblue Great haiku! Works on many levels! 🙌 🙌 🙌 2w

kspenmoll Beautiful. I think a book of everyone‘s haikus would be awesome inspiring. 🩷 2w

dabbe L🦇VE, L🦇VE, L🦇VE!!! 2w

AnnCrystal @Jari-chan ☺️👍🏼🦇🌱💖. 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair 🫂👌🏼🦇🌱💖. 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue 😎👍🏼🦇🌱💖. 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @kspenmoll That would be wonderful, a Haiku Anthology by Litten @dabbe and her HaikuHive Members 👏🏼🥳👍🏼🦇🌱💖. 2w

AnnCrystal 😘 @dabbe Thanks for inspiring me to write this Haiku 🌞👍🏼🦇🌱💖 2w

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The Giver (Essential Modern Classics) | Lois Lowry

I never heard about this book or movie. Sci-fi, and especially Dystopian stories, rarely interest me.

We had an opportunity to watch the movie this week...and I wasn't surprised to learn that the book has faced bans.

Is this what Little t and his administration aspires to transform Our America into?

This movie is both beautiful and horrifying.

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AnnCrystal It centers on a world without love, empathy, independence, music, color, faith, hope, nor anything that causes feeling or stirs your senses.

Jonas is chosen to become the next Receiver of Memory. Each day he receive the history of humanity from the Giver in an exclusive library at the very edge of the community.

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AnnCrystal Jonas quickly learns that in order to learn history, he must experience empathy. But Jonas was born to be more than just the next Receiver of Memory, and the Giver has been waiting for him.

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AnnCrystal In my opinion, this story is only an issue for those seeking to oppress democracy.

#moviesnseriesreviewedbyanncrystal

#TheGiverreviewedbyanncrystal

@Chrissyreadit
#antifabookclub
#overcomingevilempires
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dabbe The book is outstanding; I loved teaching it to my students. 🩶🖤🩶 3w

AnnCrystal @Chrissyreadit ✊🏼🦅💝. 3w

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🆒👏🏼🤩✊🏼📚💝. This story definitely needs to be taught to students, it is a powerful masterpiece. 3w

Amiable A world without love, empathy, independence, hope, compassion or history is exactly where we are headed. 😖 3w

TieDyeDude I highly recommend the book. It has been a constant re-read for me since middle school. The movie was an admirable attempt (Jeff Bridges wanted for years to make it with his dad Lloyd, but it didn't come to pass, and he made it with some concessions during the YA dystopia craze), but the book is on a whole other level, IMO. The graphic novel was also well done. 3w

AnnCrystal Truth 🫂 @Amiable 😢 oh gosh, that's exactly what my mom and I just talking about. We really need to encourage empathy, teach it in any way we can ✊🏼🦅✌🏼💝. 2w

AnnCrystal Thank You @TieDyeDude 👏🏼🤩 there's even a graphic novel! Where have I been...thanks, I will be sure to keep a lookout for these book versions.

It would have been a lovely father and son duo film if Jeff Bridges would have been able to convince this film to be made sooner 🎬💫.

This is a treasure...that feels like a terrifying warning 🤔✊🏼🌞📚🎬💫. 2w

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Superman: The High-flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero | Larry Tye

Kid me loved this actor, watched his version of TV Superman as a little girl and remained a lifelong fan ever since. This was one of the first shows I became a fan of without my brother to snuggle up to while we watched.

With the current hate infused climate of this Administration. This feels like a betrayal.

And the fact that Dean Cain's biological father is Japanese! How could he do to my people what was done to his?

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AnnCrystal It may seem silly, Dean Cain is just an actor who was cast to play a part. Yet, it's so much more.

As a American BORN Indigenous and Chicana, there came a time while growing up when I had to learn about how the heroes that I was supposed to admire as an American were not so heroic to my ancestors. Many were my ancestors villains.

Random Examples:
Abraham Lincoln
Davy Crockett
Bat Masterson
Columbus
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This list is practically endless...

Discovering the truth from my cultural prospective, it felt like betrayal.

It wasn't easy to learn about my own cultural Heroes while growing up, therefore, the Superheroes from pop culture were adopted.

Actors and actresses bring characters into reality. Especially for children, superheroes and superheroines come alive when they see these characters on the screen.

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AnnCrystal I just keep wondering, how many kids are going to see this news about Dean Cain and (whether they've seen his version of Superman or not) become frightened about why Superman has joined those who are terrorizing our communities. How many children are going to wonder if their brown skin automatically makes them bad?

#moviesnseriesreviewedbyanncrystal

#superman

✊🏼✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿.
😢🤬😢🤬😢🤬🤬.
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Thank You @dabbe 🐝 for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@bellabella 🐝
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dabbe #gulp 😪 I can't even imagine your and your ancestors' pain. Your words brought me to my knees. 💙✊🏻💙 3w

TheBookHippie I AM SO TIRED. 3w

RamsFan1963 I mainly watched Lois & Clark for Terry Hatcher, but I did like Dean Cain's Superman. His move to being a Trumpster is very disappointing and disheartening. 3w

AnnCrystal 🫂 Thank You @dabbe I'm annoyed at myself for allowing this to infuriate me so intensely. Yet I can't stop fearing for the children. They need the magic of superheroes during these dark times 😢. ✊🏼🦸‍♂️💖. 3w

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie the rage over this has totally exhausted me 🥺✊🏼🦸‍♂️💖. 3w

TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal I actually don‘t believe in hell… but for these folks… there‘s a special hell for people who hurt children. Just unreal the cruelty. 3w

AnnCrystal @RamsFan1963 📺 Terry Hatcher would have been my brother's reason for watching too 👏🏼😉👌🏼...and Dean Cain is truly disappointing indeed ✊🏼🦸‍♂️💫. 3w

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 👏🏼😎 Truth ✊🏼😉💝....👹. (edited) 3w

dabbe @AnnCrystal You have no reason to be annoyed. You are fighting the good fight with everything you have. Keep doing so because this country needs it. 💙🩵💙 3w

JenlovesJT47 How disappointing 😌. I always thought he was so cute (not that that has anything to do with why I‘m disappointed, just saying). 3w

AnnCrystal 😘 @dabbe Thank You 🫂💝 We are all going to be needed to Vote for change ✊🏼🦅🌟💖💖💖. 3w

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 😂👌🏼 I totally understand. The funny thing, is that for a long time, I mistakingly believed that he was Mexican... (edited) 3w

TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal he is Japanese yes? 3w

mcctrish When I read this news I was dumbfounded! I loved the Superman show he and Terry Hatcher put on the small screen. How stupid does a person have to be to think Ice is the solution? To use what little star power he has left to make this his message? He‘s pathetic and evil 3w

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie correct, Dean Cain's biological father was Japanese, Roger Tanaka. 3w

JenlovesJT47 It seems to me he‘s desperately trying to be relevant. Otherwise I really can‘t figure it out. 🤯 3w

AnnCrystal @mcctrish Truth! This is truly Evil to not consider the children. I hope Marvel counters a move to somehow show brown-skin kids that Superman doesn't hate them ✊🏼🦸‍♂️💖. 3w

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 it's perplexing and cruel 😢✊🏼🦸‍♂️💖. 3w

TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal How foolish. Spits in the face of his ancestry. 3w

ncsufoxes He‘s the opposite of what the current Superman movie is about (I haven‘t seen it but from what people have said it made maga angry so I‘m assuming it‘s about humanity & the opposite of the current resident in office). These people are all so exhausting. 3w

mariaku21 This was sooooo disappointing to know it's true and then to know he literally made a video bout it with him sounding like a recruiter for ICE..😔😮‍💨 3w

Bookwomble 😮‍💨 3w

Bookwomble Superman? The alien who illegally entered the USA as a child refugee from a war-torn, ecological catastrophe? The immigrant child who grew up to make incredible contributions to his adoptive country? That Superman? 🤔💭🦸 3w

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie Exactly! He is insulting his Ancestors even more than his fans. I wonder if he knows about his father's cultural history. Perhaps he was only raised to know his mother's ancestry or doesn't even know what happened here during WW2??

🤔💖. (edited) 3w

AnnCrystal @ncsufoxes 👏🏼🦸‍♂️ I really truly hope to have the opportunity to watch the new Superman one day. The previews are fantastic and I can glimpse why it would anger some 👏🏼😉👌🏼. People should show up to protest Little (t) wearing Superman T-shirts ✊🏼🦸‍♂️💖. (edited) 3w

AnnCrystal @mariaku21 🥺 what?? I haven't seen that...I probably don't want to view that! I'm already way too upset with this villain. I'm really hoping Marvel somehow spotlights their newest Superman for the kids to focus on ✊🏼🦸‍♂️💖. 3w

AnnCrystal @Bookwomble 👏🏼😉👍🏼 that's the one 😂. Terrible that Dean Cain seemingly learned nothing from the values this Character represents ✊🏼🦸‍♂️💫. 3w

Bookwomble @AnnCrystal Cain never met his biological father, and has spoken disparagingly about him, so at the risk of being an armchair analyst, perhaps there's some psychological projection and transference happening for him. He might be well advised to seek counselling. 3w

AnnCrystal @Bookwomble I didn't know about that...thank you for sharing this.

🤔 I absolutely 🤬 my father's family, but I love the Chicana heritage. Perhaps if Dean Cain allowed himself to experience his Japanese half, he would discover a love for the culture. The Japanese culture is just as beautiful as his English, French-Canadian, Irish, and Welsh heritages. 3w

Amiable I agree with @JenlovesJT47 — I think this is him trying to claw his way back into the national conversation. Because when was the last time Dean Cain was relevant? He‘s a desperate, despicable, small-minded little man. Some may even call him… deplorable. 🤨 3w

AnnCrystal @Amiable 👏🏼🥺 and at a time when we need more Superheroes, not more wannabe villains. ✊🏼🦸‍♂️💖. 3w

Bookwomble @AnnCrystal Cain Heritages: Japanese (immigrant) ??, English (immigrant) ???????, French (immigrant) ??, Canadian (immigrant) ??, Irish (immigrant) ??, Welsh (immigrant) ??????? = "Keep immigrants out of USA ??" ?? 3w

Butterfinger I get how you feel. I remember being depressed when I found out Lincoln was not as heroic as we were lead to believe. Dean Cain has lost so many fans over this, and those of us who care will make sure to teach ALL children the value and voice they deserve. 3w

AnnCrystal @Bookwomble 👏🏼😂 it's truly sad and perplexing when those who hate do not realize this fact. Even Little t's mother was born in Scotland in 1912. His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod immigrated to America.

Most of my ancestry originated right here (excluding the Spanish bits). Yet I and my American Indigenous mom are in danger everytime we venture out and about because we were born brown upon our own land ✊🏼🤬 ✊🏼🐻💫. (edited) 3w

AnnCrystal @Butterfinger it's truly sad, how difficult it is to learn the truth about our history.

👏🏼🥲 And truth! We all must continue to teach our Children “true“ American values. Together we can erase hatred ✊🏼🦅✌🏼🦸‍♂️💖. 3w

IriDas I loved Lois and Clark, too. It was a quirky little show that aged well. But Dean Cain lost me several years ago with his religious bigotry and conservatism. This does not surprise me. 3w

AnnCrystal @IriDas 👏🏼😉👍🏼 I make the worst fan, I really don't stay informed about those who I become a fan of...I mean, I rarely do research, I often just encounter info bits by accident. After this, I plan on trying to become more informed. If someone seemingly holds values of prejudice, hatred, or etc. they don't deserve my time or money as their fan. ✊🏼🦅✌🏼💝. (edited) 3w

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AnnCrystal Do we have new members??? If I've neglected to add tag you, please inform me 😉👌🏼🐝💝.

Note: Image found on web. (edited) 3w

TheBookHippie 💙💚🌍🌏🌎 so worried for our planet… 3w

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 😢 our Mother Earth is truly most at risk during these dark times 🌬️🌍💚🌎💙🌏🌱. (edited) 3w

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JenlovesJT47 💙💚💙💚💙🌍🫂 3w

dabbe Such P🌎WERFUL words. 💙🌎🩵 3w

Jari-chan 💖💖💖 3w

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@JenlovesJT47 🫂
🌬️🌍💚🌎💙🌏🌱. (edited) 3w

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @dabbe
🌬️🌍💚🌎💙🌏🌱 3w

AnnCrystal ✨ @Jari-chan 🌬️🌏💚🌎💙🌍🌱. 3w

lil1inblue My heart! This is powerful and poignant! 💓 💓 💓 Mama Earth needs us to step up! She's in crisis!💚 🌍 💙 3w

julieclair Oh my. This is powerful. And poignant. 3w

AnnCrystal @lil1inblue Truth ✊🏼🌞 Together we can inspire change 🌬️🌍💚🌎💙🌏🌱. LOVE “Mama Earth“ #Rise4MamaEarth (edited) 3w

AnnCrystal Thank You ✊🏼😘@julieclair She needs us 🌬️🌏💚🌎💙🌍🌱. 3w

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The restraining order didn't hold for as long as Angelenos & Southern Californians were hoping 🤬. They are ignoring OUR 1st, 4th, & 8th Amendments ✊🏼🐻.

They were in full tactical gear.

#californiananncrystal
#HighlightsfromCalifornia
#TroublingTimesinOurUSA

The following has been sourced from ABC 7 News.

Videos taken from the scene shows agents loading several people into the back of a Penske rental truck.

From LA Mayor Karen Bass: 👇🏼

AnnCrystal “For months federal agents have been masking themselves and now they're using rental trucks to conduct their seemingly discriminatory raids - these tactics are dangerous. The Federal court of appeals made clear that it is unconstitutional in this country to racially profile people and snatch them from worksites. The City is gathering information about these reported raids and considering all legal 👇🏼 3w

AnnCrystal options. Tactics like this are un-American and we will never accept these terrorizing ploys as a new normal.“ - Mayor Bass: (edited) 3w

Lsmoore43 I agree with you 100%. This is not the America I know and love. 3w

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AnnCrystal 🫂😘 @Lsmoore43 truly! I still cannot believe that this is our reality ✊🏼🐻💙🦅✊🏼. 3w

Susanita They have no shame 3w

AnnCrystal @Susanita I sometimes wonder if these people cheer for the villains in movies ✊🏼🐻💙🦅✊🏼. 3w

dabbe Only “liking“ to support you. Otherwise, 🩵🎯🩵 to your comments. 3w

AnnCrystal 🫂 😘 @dabbe ✊🏼🐻💙🦅✊🏼. 3w

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Thank You for the tag @catsandbooks 🥳🎨💝.

This is a drawing I made a few years ago. It shows an artist at work by the seaside 🎨🖌️🌳🌊💖.

#LitsyCrafters
#ShowAndTellTuesday

#craftbyanncrystal
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

kspenmoll I love this! 💕 3w

AnnCrystal 🥰 Thank You 😘 @kspenmoll ☺️🎨💖. 3w

Catsandbooks Lovely! I want to be at that seaside! 🌟 3w

AnnCrystal 🥰 @Catsandbooks Thank You! I'd love to live by the sea too 😉🏖️💝. 3w

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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖

1- Minutes after 10:PM, on Friday night, LA Mayor Karen Bass held a brief News conference to announce that, “the 9 Circuit court has ruled to keep freeze on SoCal Immigration Raids for seven counties.“ ✊🏼🐻✌🏼🥳💝. This will be appealed, yet is a major win nonetheless!

2- The 4th Amendment has been upheld ✊🏼🐻🌟🦅✌🏼💖.

3- August is here and it has began wonderfully 🌟🦅✊🏼🥳💝.

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AnnCrystal 4- Garden Magic 🌱💝.

5- Litsy & HaikuHive 📚🐝💝.

#californiananncrystal

#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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kspenmoll Love your highlights from CA! 💕 4w

lil1inblue 💓💓💓💓💓 4w

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Amiable Thank you for keeping a focus on the important news! 4w

Jari-chan 💖💖💖💖💖💖 4w

Eggbeater 💙 4w

AnnCrystal Thank You @kspenmoll ✊🏼🐻✌🏼💝 . 4w

AnnCrystal @lil1inblue ✊🏼🐻🌟💖. 4w

AnnCrystal @Amiable Informed & United We Can Inspire Change ✊🏼🐻🦅💗. (edited) 4w

AnnCrystal @Jari-chan ✊🏼🐻🌞💕. 4w

AnnCrystal @Eggbeater ✊🏼🐻🦅💙. 4w

Chrissyreadit 🎉💛🎉💛🎉💛I love hearing good news! (edited) 4w

AnnCrystal 🥳 It is truly wonderful @Chrissyreadit ✊🏼🐻💝💙💝. 3w

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Chance of a Lifetime (Original) | Jude Deveraux, Tara Sheets

Never read the book and don't have Hallmark channel access...but wanted to share because this seems incredibly good 🤩📚🎬💖.

A three part mini series.

#moviesnseriesreviewedbyanncrystal

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✊🏼😘💕🫂✌🏼💝.

#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

Eggbeater 🧚‍♀️🪄 right back at you 💙🫂 1mo

AnnCrystal 🧚🏼‍♀️Thank You 🫂 @Eggbeater 😘🪄💙. 1mo

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✊🏼🐻💙🦅✊🏼.

#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

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TheBookHippie Yaaaas!!! 1mo

Susanita ❤️‍🩹 1mo

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie ✊🏼🌞👌🏼💖. 1mo

AnnCrystal @Susanita
💔❤️‍🩹✊🏼🌞💖💝. 1mo

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✊🏼💙🌟🦅✊🏼

#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

Image and qoute found on web.

AnnCrystal
#TroublingTimesinOurUSA 1mo

Leftcoastzen Thank you!!!!! 1mo

AnnCrystal @Leftcoastzen ✊🏼😉👌🏼🦅💙. 1mo

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 1mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe ✊🏼😉👌🏼🦅💙. 1mo

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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖

1- made Christmas cookies 😋🍪💝.

2- & cranberry spread.

3- Watched Christmas movies with popcorn 🎬🍿😋💝.

4- Garden Magic 🪄🌱💝.

5- Litsy & HaikuHive 📚🐝💝.

#ChristmasinJuly
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

mcctrish How fun 1mo

AnnCrystal @mcctrish 🥳🎬🍿💖. 1mo

dabbe L😍VE Christmas cookies in July! 💚🎄♥️ 1mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe 😋👍🏼🎄🍪🎄💝. 1mo

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Note: This quote has unknown origins. It is said to be based on Sun Tzu writings.

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA

#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

Deblovestoread We are seeing it happen in real time. 💔 1mo

AmyG Yes, we are living it. 1mo

Bette This image with those words = so powerful. And sad. 😢 1mo

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AnnCrystal 🫂 @Deblovestoread
🫂 @AmyG
🫂 @Bette

It's becoming more and more difficult, but try to believe that even in the darkest times there always remains the possibility for light and hope to emerge.

Each one of us is helping save tomorrow by noticing the happenings of today.

✊🏼🦅✊🏼. (edited) 1mo

Suet624 Thank goodness for South Park. 1mo

dabbe 💙✊🏻💙 1mo

AnnCrystal @Suet624 I haven't watched South Park, but heard the news ✊🏼😂👌🏼. 1mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe ✊🏼🦅💙✊🏼. 1mo

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The grandson of President JFK speaks out about the renaming of, The Kennedy Center Opera House.

Sourced, The Hill by Judy Kurtz - 07/23/25 12:48 PM ET

“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces — but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers,” Schlossberg, quoting his grandfather, wrote in a Tuesday post on Instagram.

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AnnCrystal “JFK believed the arts made our country great and could be our most effective weapon in the fight for civil rights and against authoritarian governments around the world,” Schlossberg, a vocal critic of President Trump, said.

“The Trump administration stands for freedom of oppression, not expression,” he added.

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AnnCrystal “[Trump] uses his awesome powers to suppress free expression and instill fear,” the 32-year-old son of former U.S. ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg said.

But Schlossberg said the potential name change to the prominent institution‘s Opera House was not “about the arts.”

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AnnCrystal “Trump is obsessed with being bigger than JFK , with minimizing the many heroes of our past, as if that elevates him. It doesn‘t,” he said.

“But there‘s hope,” Schlossberg wrote to his nearly 700,000 followers, “art lasts forever, and no one can change what JFK and our shared history stands for.” 1mo

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#TroublingTimesinOurUSA 1mo

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 1mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe ✊🏼💙✌🏼. 1mo

Suet624 A wonderful message. 1mo

AnnCrystal @Suet624 True ✊🏼🦅✌🏼 very impactful indeed! 1mo

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🦅✌🏼💝.

#californiananncrystal
#TroublingTimesinOurUSA
#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

Amiable My goal this year is to start Robert Caro‘s books about LBJ. Have you read them? First one is (I think):

The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I

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Leftcoastzen @Amiable I‘ve been thinking about reading it as well 1mo

Amiable @Leftcoastzen I was honestly trying to hold out until Caro finished the last book so I would know the series was complete before starting it but my husband pointed out that Caro is 89 now so that last book might not ever happen. And also it‘s a biography so we do actually know how it all ends. 😄 1mo

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🤩📚 I haven't read this, thank you for sharing the suggestion Amiable.

I have researched a little into President Lyndon B. Johnson's “The Great Society“ goals and have wondered if it could be something that the Democrats should revive to combat Little t's maga.

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Amiable @AnnCrystal @Leftcoastzen I‘m open to an LBJ buddy read if anyone else is interested 1mo

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Leftcoastzen @Amiable I‘m interested! Article about Caro from Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rifling-through-archives-legendary-histor... (edited) 1mo

AnnCrystal Thank You @Amiable for the invitation 💝💝💝. I'm not mail ordering just now, and we are remaining local for safety, therefore I'm not sure when I can find this very important read. I look forward to reading your and @Leftcoastzen's comments and reviews ✊🏼📚🦅💙. (edited) 1mo

AnnCrystal Thank You @Leftcoastzen for sharing this article with us 👏🏼🤩👍🏼🦅💙. (edited) 1mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe ✊🏼🦅💙. 1mo

Amiable @Leftcoastzen Fabulous article —thanks for sharing! And now I know that if Caro doesn‘t completely finish the last book, there‘s still at least 980 pages to read. 😀 When would you like to start the first book? Perhaps in September—kind of like a “back to school buddy read”? 1mo

Leftcoastzen @Amiable I could so September 1mo

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I've never watched any version of this show...this quote makes me curious ✊🏼📺📚💝.

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Suet624 I haven‘t either. Can never figure out how to watch it. 1mo

julesG It's from one of the first episodes with David Tennant. The one where the Doctor and Rose are in Scotland and meet Queen Victoria. 1mo

julesG @Suet624 I bit the bullet and got most of the series on DVD. Living outside of the UK it isn't easy to watch the series for me. 1mo

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lil1inblue I love this show! And this quote! 😍 1mo

GingerAntics I love that episode SO much!!! 1mo

AnnCrystal Thank You @julesG 🤩👌🏼📺.

@Suet624 True

@lil1inblue
@GingerAntics

I need to try to watch this series...there's a version playing somewhere on TV...I have also read about a movie.

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Suet624 That‘s great! 1mo

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To Shape a Dragon's Breath | Moniquill Blackgoose

This book is a horror story! Well, not literally...but as a Native American reader, this is a horror story... especially with the current political climate.

The prejudice that Anequs faces is INFURIATING. This is a reimagined world, yet the prejudice echoes from my ancestral history...and now the reality we are all facing today.

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AnnCrystal Like I recently commented about...I grew up witnessing my mom experience several levels of prejudice. Something she has dealt with all her life.

Personally, I have dealt with racist who are so sly it's scary because the racism is not easily noticable.

Now, my mom and I both are experiencing blunt prejudice every time we step out and about.

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AnnCrystal I knew that the prejudice of the past remained alive, just not at these widespread, intense levels. I can now imagine the unjust prejudice returning to the levels described in this book...

This story does well in highlighting the ignorance of racism...but it is still unsettling.

Aside from the racism, I am truly enjoying the story.

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AnnCrystal On page 245 of 511. This is chronicling the journey of Anequs and Kasaqua as they venture to Dragon school and enter Anglish society. While I'm finding this entertaining, some may find the storyline tedious because the structure is a bit like a diary of events told from Anequs' prospective.

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AnnCrystal There are a nice diversity of characters (brown, black, and white). There is even a disabled professor, and an autistic classmate.

@Chrissyreadit
#overcomingevilempires
#antifabookclub

#nampeshiweisitreviewedbyanncrystal

@Amiable:
#ChunksterChallenge!
#ChunksterChallenge2025

@julieclair #AllergicToChunksters

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Amiable Good progress! 👍🏼 1mo

AnnCrystal Thank You @Amiable 🥳👌🏼🐉📚💝💝💝. (edited) 1mo

julieclair Good progress on the chunkster! But I hate to hear that you are experiencing any prejudice, let alone more prejudice than in past years. So so sad. What is wrong with people, that they feel they have to act this way? Sending hugs. 💝 1mo

AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @julieclair You're so sweet and kind 🫂💝💝💝. Kindness like yours always shines brighter than the hatred ✊🏼☺️💖💖💖. 1mo

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Just a word of caution, my mom and I have noticed what we are calling “Ghost Shoppers.“

Every time we go shopping, we are noticing ghost shopping carts and hand baskets with food in them just left abandoned in the middle of aisles. Too many for it to seem normal.

Be cautious when out shopping. Try to not shop alone, stay away from back exits/storage room doors, and never believe someone claiming to be a so-called agent...

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make commotion and scream! Don't leave with them willingly.

There also seems to be too many men walking up and down the aisles with empty baskets, or with nothing in their hands, or just buying drinks and snacks. And some of these men are giants, something my shopping center never seemed to have before in such abundance.

✊🏼🐻✊🏼🦅🙏🏼✌🏼.
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AnnCrystal #californiananncrystal

#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA
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AnnCrystal @AmyG a terrifying notion 🛒👀🙏🏼. 1mo

MemoirsForMe 😬 1mo

Deblovestoread Truly terrifying! 1mo

AnnCrystal @MemoirsForMe unsettling indeed 🛒👀🙏🏼. 1mo

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Truly 🛒👀🙏🏼. 1mo

Susanita This from the regime led by a man who doesn‘t understand the word groceries. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo

AnnCrystal @Susanita that seems the truth 👏🏼🛒👀🙏🏼. (edited) 1mo

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The one Black Eyed Peas song that I went crazy over was “Where Is the Love“ from 2003. Played on repeat for months.

Been meaning to read Taboo's graphic novels. These are on my “must buy and read TBR.“

Now these new songs are going on my “must play“ list...just...where to find CDs??

🎶✊🏼🐻🎶✊🏼🐻🎶✊🏼🐻🎶.

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#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA

Deblovestoread Love that song! 1mo

AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread Remains a favorite 👏🏼😉🎶💝🎶💝🎶💝. 1mo

Mimi28 Taboo has graphic novels!! Cool !! 😎 1mo

AnnCrystal @Mimi28 🆒📚🆒 I hope to read them some day 🤩📚💝.

Goodreads has his books listed.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4477700.Taboo 1mo

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This post covers stories about California activism and good news updates from my state...and a bonus story from New York.

This post in no way covers all the the stories happening in Los Angeles County NOR across California.

Please do further research to fact-check or if you would like to know more or want updates on the people highlighted here.

Please Note: I didn't include updates unless stated.

🙏🏼✊🏼🐻✌🏼.

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AnnCrystal Sourced from Los Angeles, California USA branches of news stations CBS, NBC, KTLA, ABC, and also from British publication, The Guardian.

✊🏼🐻✊🏼🦅🙏🏼✌🏼.

#californiananncrystal

#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA

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AnnCrystal “Pentagon to Withdraw Half of 4,000 National Guard Troops Deployed to Los Angeles.“

This is good news, not great, but good. It would be great if the power over the National Guard was returned to our CA Governor and all the barbarian agents were sent packing.

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AnnCrystal Artist Lalo Alcaraz is using his gifts to create activism art.

Above is one of his paintings titled, “Summer of ICE“ which depicts an ice cream push cart, symbolizing the detention of Culver City ice cream vendor, Ambrosio “Enrique“ Lozano, who was kidnapped by these barbarian agents. His ice cream cart left abandoned.

Residents later gathered to support Lozano's family and raise funds by selling the remaining ice cream from his cart.

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AnnCrystal Sennett Devermont, who is known as mrcheckpoint on Instagram, is actively documenting immigration detainments and kidnappings.

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AnnCrystal !!Update!!

Narciso Barranco...the Father of three U.S. Marine sons (two who are on active duty)...who was brutally kidnapped in June has been released on a $3,000 bond.

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AnnCrystal !!Update!!

I wrote about Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon in my second, Highlights From California.

This story has been reported as a hoax

If truly a hoax...this makes me glad, for this woman's safety and appalled that this woman would take away from TRUE kidnapping stories.

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AnnCrystal !! Update !!

George Retes, the disabled U.S. Veteran, who was kidnapped by barbarian agents during a raid on a cannabis farm in California, has announced his intention to sue over his detention.

“Retes was wrongfully detained despite identifying himself as a U.S. citizen and employee of the farm. He and his family experienced difficulty locating him after the detention, according to the United Farm Workers Union“

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AnnCrystal And the Bonus Highlight from New York...

“Artist Phil Buehler, in collaboration with Radio Free Brooklyn, has created a public art installation in New York City titled the “Wall of Shame“

This installation documents the stories and alleged crimes of over 1,575 individuals involved in the January 6th attack on the US Capitol. The mural is 50 feet long and 10 feet tall, featuring

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AnnCrystal color-coding to categorize the individuals based on their actions during the riot: red for violent rioters, blue for those who damaged property, and white for the remaining individuals. The artwork is designed to resemble an “imploding American flag“. Buehler compiled information on the rioters' actions, charges, and sentences using research from NPR and presented it on waterproof vinyl panels.

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AnnCrystal The “Wall of Shame“ is the third part of Buehler's “art against autocracy trilogy“.“
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Deblovestoread Thank you for your updates! 1mo

AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread ✊🏼🐻👌🏼💝💝💝. 1mo

Eggbeater I always appreciate these posts. This is news I don't get to hear. 1mo

AnnCrystal @Eggbeater I'm so glad you find these helpful 🫂💝. It has become more and more difficult to learn about these stories. Feels like two second briefs when the news does cover a story...They are truly important ✊🏼🐻👌🏼💝💝💝. 1mo

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#Superman
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🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲🌟❤️🤍💙✌🏼.

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AmyG Never lose hope. 2mo

AnnCrystal 🫂😘 @AmyG Precisely 💝💝💝. 2mo

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This post covers stories from a worksite raid. A Cannabis farm in Camarillo, CA. There were over 300 individuals kidnapped, along with some Americans.

This post in no way covers all the the stories happening in Los Angeles County NOR across California.

Please do further research to fact-check or if you would like to know more or want updates on the people highlighted here.

Please Note: I didn't include updates.

🙏🏼✊🏼🐻✌🏼.

AnnCrystal
A farmworker, Jaime Alanís Garcia died in a hospital from serious injuries obtained after falling from a rooftop during the raid.

Warning, if you search for more about Jaime Alanís Garcia, prepare yourself mentally. I have read some of the comments made about Jaime Alanís Garcia, which left me both sad and appalled at the insensitivity and lack of empathy.

May we pray for Jaime Alanís Garcia and his family 🙏🏼😢💝.

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AnnCrystal A fellow protestor has stated that when a tear gas canister fell beneath a wheelchair and apparently trapped a protestor in a panic state of smoke and irritant. Professor Jonathan Anthony Caravello reached for the canister and tossed it away.

Agents claim the canister was thrown at them and that it injured one agent.

Professor Caravello was later targeted, tackled, and kidnapped by these barbarian agents and now faces serious charges.

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AnnCrystal 25 year old George Retes, An American, disabled veteran who is a security guard was attempting to leave the raid in Camarillo, CA. These barbarians broke his car windows, dragged him from his vehicle, and kidnapped him.

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AnnCrystal There were youths working at this farm. It has been reported that these youths were working lawful summertime jobs.

My mom said that she worked the tomato fields with her sisters at a young age, sent along with some neighbors. It has often been described as some of the best times in her life even though my grandmother kept the funds earned.

So I can only say that I hope these youths chose this work for their summer break employment.

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AnnCrystal The one good thing that came from this raid, was that one predator was detained.

Federal agents have yet to announce any other genuine criminals among the over 300 individuals they captured that day.

Although many of the 361 immigrants plus a few Americans have been swept away to unknown holding locations.

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Sourced from Los Angeles branches of news stations CBS, NBC, KTLA, and ABC.

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Extra

Unrelated to the Camarilo, CA raid.

An off duty border patrol agent, Isaiah Hodgson, 29 has been arrested in Long Beach, CA.

He followed a woman into the women's bathroom and some reports say that he pointed his gun. The woman escaped and asked for help.

This barbarian agent has been charged with three felony counts for resisting arrest, one felony count of battery on an officer, and three misdemeanor gun charges.

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Amiable Oh my God. 😳 Every day is more horrible than all the horrible days before it. 2mo

IriDas There is no age limit for farm work. If I didn‘t know how ignorant most people in the US are about that I‘d wonder how they thought they‘d trick people into thinking they had “liberated” anyone. Besides, it‘s summer. Aren‘t these the same people who complain about youths “running wild” during the summer break and that they should be working? 🤦 2mo

dabbe The horrors are unbelievable and beyond heartbreaking. 💔💔💔 2mo

AnnCrystal @Amiable truth 😢🙏🏼. Right now we seem to have a peaceful break??? Thanks to the Judge's ruling... there's just no saying how long it will last ✊🏼🐻✊🏼🦅🙏🏼✌🏼. 1mo

AnnCrystal @IriDas Correct 👏🏼😢🙏🏼. And like these barbarians care about children...with the terror they have caused to so many children because of these kidnappings and show of brutality. If they cared, they would truly focus on ONLY the genuine criminals. And what about the food programs this administration is hindering?? It's just cruel. ✊🏼🐻✊🏼🦅🙏🏼✌🏼. (edited) 1mo

AnnCrystal @dabbe I seriously cannot believe that we are only months into the first year... what's next?? ✊🏼🐻✊🏼🦅🙏🏼✌🏼. 1mo

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After the outcome of the National Guard decisions, it's difficult to become truly excited until Californians know for sure if change is really truly going to happen...

However, I've realized that this is unfair to our Champions. They need us to cheer for every success they accomplish...no matter the impact or duration of that win.

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Highlights From California

#californiananncrystal

#HighlightsfromCalifornia

#TroublingTimesinOurUSA

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Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive directive last week to support Los Angeles' immigrant communities in the wake of unlawful raids conducted by the federal government.

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A ruling issued early Friday evening by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, issued a pair of temporary restraining orders that limited the ability of U.S. immigration-enforcement agents to detain people absent reasonable suspicion beyond merely their race, ethnicity or occupation, while also requiring that detainees be given access to legal counsel.

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Note: I searched for an image that shows how these so-called U.S. federal agents seem to like to floor, grab, and then drag peaceful female protestors across the ground...I've seen this several times on live TV...but couldn't find a single clip on web. It would have better captured my inspiration for this Haiku, but the one used here seems just as impactful.

🐝📜✍️

?!? Barbarian Agents ?!?
?!? Brutality Authorized ?!?
?!? Mercy Forbidden ?!?

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Thank You @dabbe 🐝 for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@bellabella 🐝
@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@ImperfectCJ 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝
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AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 🥺 there seems something truly sinister brewing ✊🏼🐻✊🏼🦅🙏🏼✌🏼. 2mo

AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 ✊🏼🐻✊🏼🦅🙏🏼✌🏼. 2mo

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